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Samsung has finally released the Galaxy Note Edge in its home country – South Korea – making it available through carriers SK Telecom (available today) and KT (will have it tomorrow). Customers can grab the edgy handset in one of two colors – Charcoal Black or Frost White – for the price of ~$1,016 (₩1,067,000).Sammy's homeland is not the first country to receive the Note Edge – earlier this month, pre-orders for the device were open in Japan, and the handset was launched there on October 23rd. Where and when the curved-screen leprechaun of a smartphone will land next remains a mystery, due to Samsung's decision to offer it as a "limited edition concept device", which will probably only see 1 million units sporadically shipped by the end of 2014. The reason for this is the complicated manufacturing process, required to achieve the curved screen, which the device is unique for.The Samsung Galaxy Edge was announced together with the Note 4 and sports … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy Note Edge launches in South Korea

It’s well known that South Korea is one of the world’s most wired societies, with near-ubiquitous broadband access and blazing-fast Internet speeds. Now the country is also becoming a hotbed for cryptocurrency trading. South Korea is the world’s No. 3 market in Bitcoin trading, after Japan and the U.S., and the largest exchange market for Ether, Ethereum’s cryptocurrency, accounting for more than 33 percent of its market share. The country is also home to two of the top 15 global digital-currency exchanges (Bithumb and Coinone), both of which have built walk-in centers where investors can conduct transactions in person. Overall, South Korea is believed to have about one million registered daily traders in virtual currency, which is equivalent to about one out of every 50 citizens. But while the booming digital-currency market is delighting local entrepreneurs, it’s worrying the South Korean government. Authorities are particularly concerned about a new … [Read more...] about Behind South Korea’s Cryptocurrency Boom

TOKYO (AP) – Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game console will come with a beefed up 80-gigabyte hard-disk drive in South Korea, and that model is being considered for the U.S. and other markets, a company official said Wednesday. The PlayStation 3, which competes against Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360, now comes with a 60-gigabyte hard drive. A 20-gigabyte version, which has been discontinued in the U.S., still sells in Japan and some other regions.”Increasing capacity for models is one of the options,” said Satoshi Fukuoka, spokesman for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ”We make such decisions depending on the needs of the market, and every country is different.” The 80-gigabyte version will start selling June 16 in South Korea, where online games are enormously popular and broadband connections are more widespread, Fukuoka said. Broadband can enhance some games, and players can also download features for games from … [Read more...] about Sony to sell 80-gigabyte PlayStation 3 machines in South Korea

Bixby, Samsung’s artificial intelligence-powered answer to Siri and the Google Assistant, gained a new feature this week in South Korea. On Monday, Samsung launched Bixby Voice, the voice-activated component of its digital helper, on Galaxy S8 devices in the company’s home country.Bixby launched without Voice in April when the Galaxy S8 began shipping globally. It is rolling out to South Korean users in the form of an app update through Samsung Galaxy Apps, according to ZDNet, Galaxy S8 owners began receiving update notifications around 1 p.m. (KST).Bixby Voice can respond to basic questions about the weather, upcoming meetings, sport scores, and movie showtimes, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. It works across apps like the Galaxy S8’s dialer, text messenger, settings menus, camera app, contacts list, and gallery, and performs actions like rotating misaligned photos and playing videos.Bixby Voice is customizable, too. It lowers the volume when you hold … [Read more...] about Samsung’s Bixby Voice assistant launches on Galaxy S8 devices in South Korea

Although Microsoft hasn’t yet made a public statement about it, the Associated Press and other outlets are reporting that Microsoft plans to ship new versions of its Windows XP operating system to the South Korean market. The new versions comply with South Korean antitrust rulings which found Microsoft abused its monopoly position in the operating system market to tie new technologies to Windows. One new version of Windows XP will reportedly be stripped if Windows Media Player and Windows Messenger; the other will carry links to Internet sites where users can download competing media player and messaging software. The move comes after Korea’s Fair Trade Commission upheld a finding—and a $34 million fine—last May, and rejected a stay of its injunctions against Microsoft pending appeal. The KFTC warned Microsoft it would take corrective action if the company did not comply with its rulings. In late 2005, Microsoft publicly speculated it would consider … [Read more...] about Microsoft Strips Down XP for South Korea

Earlier today in South Korea, Samsung announced its 55-inch curved OLED TV is now available for the rather lofty price of 15 million Korean Won, or about $13,000 U.S. The announcement comes less than two months after LG touted it’s similarly-priced 55-inch model was available. So what does this mean for those of us outside Korea? Considering that neither Samsung nor LG have brought their flat OLED TV’s stateside just yet, we think it’s safe to say we’ll be waiting a while for the curved version to make its way here. We were teased with an up-close look at LG’s OLED TV last July in Moncao, where LG seemed optimistic that it would be available in the U.S. soon. Then, at CES 2013, LG announced its OLED would be shipping in the U.S. by March. And while Samsung has been a little less specific with us in terms of when we could see its OLED come this way, it would appear it is still “testing the waters” in Korea before it allows its OLED … [Read more...] about Samsung now selling 55-inch curved OLED in South Korea for $13,000

South Korea’s Cowan has announced that its iAudio 7 media player is now available in the U.S. through JetMall and other authorized retailers, including Amazon.com Newegg.com, and eBay. Boasting a diminuative black casing with color accents, the iAudio 7 supports most major audio formats and boasts up to 60 hours of uninterrupted music playback on its rechargable lithium-ion battery. “We are pleased to offer U.S. consumers the much-anticipated iAudio 7—the successor to our popular iAudio 6—designed to provide the best portable MP3 player experience,” said Francis Choi, Cowan America’s senior marketing manager, in a release. “The iAudio 7 starts with the same innovative Swing Touch interface and industry-best digital media format support as the iAudio 6, and adds a new look and functionalities that dramatically enhance sound quality and play content from online music services. Better yet, users can enjoy these advanced features without … [Read more...] about Cowan Ships iAudio7 Media Player

For the last 14 years, Finland’s Nokia has been the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, at least in terms of the number of units it has shipped. However, as Nokia continues its years-long struggle to make a dent in the smartphone market and South Korea’s Samsung surges, Samsung overtook Nokia in revenue terms during its most recent financial quarter. Now Reuters reports Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung told reporters at this week’s CES show in Las Vegas that Samsung expects to overtake Nokia this year in Nokia’s most treasured metric: total number of devices shipped.Samsung’s chief didn’t offer any estimates for how many phones Samsung expects to ship during 2012. Last month, the Korea Economic Daily (noted by Reuters) claimed Samsung is targeting sales of 374 million units for 2012, citing South Korean industry officials.Samsung announced at the end of November that it had shipped more than 300 million units worldwide during the year—a new … [Read more...] about Samsung says it’ll ship more phones than Nokia this year

The president of South Korea will appoint an independent investigator to explore allegations that electronics and industrial giant Samsung Group had diverted money into a secret fund that was later used to bribe government officials.South Korea President Roh Moo-hyun announced in a televised news conference Tuesday that he would agree to demands from top lawmakers to launch the investigation.Last week, lawmakers passed a bill authorizing the hiring of an investigator -- saying that government prosecutors could not be trusted to handle the case since some of them have reportedly taken bribes from the company -- but the president had the power to veto that action.In announcing the move, the president said he believed lawmakers passed the bill in order to embarrass him, since Roh himself has been among those accused of accepting bribes from the company.The probe is necessary, he added, because the Korean public needs to know how deep the scandal at Samsung -- one of the country's largest … [Read more...] about South Korea to Probe Samsung Slush Fund, Bribery Charges

When we have a hostile country regularly lobbing missiles into the ocean with the stated objective of transforming a U.S. state into a radioactive cloud, we have a problem. One "oops" and we could suddenly become a 49-state nation again -- and that is only if we forget the issues with fallout and the potential for a nuclear winter (granted, that could be good news for the global warming folks).However, the approaches to cutting the legs out from under North Korea largely have been in-the-box thinking: economic sanctions that require China's cooperation (and aren't working); military and assassination options that would trigger retaliation that likely would result in a lot of us glowing at night; and revolution efforts that have little or no chance of succeeding.Still, there are companies that have been working on technologies that effectively could contain North Korea's missiles and turn their leader into more of a vocal than a physical problem. Since I'm on the West Coast and … [Read more...] about OPINION Could Tech Nerf North Korea?